<Alphastar> No, White doesn't win because he is one rook down. You've overlooked the Black Rook on the a8 square. Black has one rook advantage if 32...Ka4, 33. Rc4+?? Rxc4, 34. dxc4 - Black wins!!! It is because Black is one rook up.

patzer2: <SuperPatzer77><if 32...Ka4, 33. Rc4+?? Rxc4, 34. dxc4 - Black wins!!!> While 33. Rc4+! is not the best move in this "joke" line (mating faster is 33. Qd1+!! as you and <Trigonomerist> correctly observe), it's not deserving of a (??) losing move designation.

kevin86: I always see a king chase as similar to a comedy chase in the movies. I'm always looking for the chased king to smash into a brick wall or through a huge pane of glass. (not to beconfused with the PAIN of glass)

ROO.BOOKAROO: This is supposed to be kibbitzing about the correctness of moves, and nobody does question the sanity of not taking the undefended knight on f5 with 14 .... Qxf5, Is there a trap to this capture? What is this Fink player afraid of? Or is this just a pretense at playing smart and in fact an error? "Thedoyle" raises the question, which seems of no interest to anybody. Curious indeed.

ROO.BOOKAROO: And further, why doesn't Fink castle when he/she has the chance? What's the benefit of not castling in Black's position, buffeted by all White's attacking pieces? Fink does not impress anyone, and this game is interesting for White's grabbing all his opportunities,, but not worthy of any iconic collection because of the feeble responses by Fink.

soberknight: Well, I was wondering why not 14...Qxf5 also. It looks obvious. 15. Rxf4 is automatic, threatens Rxg4 taking back one of the pieces, and Rxf7+ when the queen moves. I'm shortsighted in chess terms, so I can't see beyond that without taking out a chessboard and doing a proper 20 minute analysis.

Just reached this position playing stockfish in a KG and followed the opening 9 book moves suggested after 2..exf until here. The only suggested book moves in a KG, and there's only 2 games with this opening in the database! It's a dodgy opening as it is but still thought there'd be a few hundred games starting like this.. Just saying.

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